We should have all our communications with men, as in the presence of God; and with God, as in the presence of men.

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.

The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number.

We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?

Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.

All poets pretend to write for immortality, but the whole tribe have no objection to present pay and present praise.

Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.